diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/km83xx.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/km83xx.c
index bf4c4473abb96b1c39eb0d6b04e4decc0a1c2a98..ae1115813844437a49fa30e30b77bc2e8bf689d5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/km83xx.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/km83xx.c
@@ -136,8 +136,6 @@ static void __init mpc83xx_km_setup_arch(void)
 	mpc83xx_setup_pci();
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUICC_ENGINE
-	qe_reset();
-
 	np = of_find_node_by_name(NULL, "par_io");
 	if (np != NULL) {
 		par_io_init(np);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mpc832x_mds.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mpc832x_mds.c
index 8d762203eeffa103345c2d7acd09a4b6077ccc46..aacc43f64246238e3ac6c219a5c35c4d1834dab1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mpc832x_mds.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mpc832x_mds.c
@@ -74,8 +74,6 @@ static void __init mpc832x_sys_setup_arch(void)
 	mpc83xx_setup_pci();
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUICC_ENGINE
-	qe_reset();
-
 	if ((np = of_find_node_by_name(NULL, "par_io")) != NULL) {
 		par_io_init(np);
 		of_node_put(np);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mpc832x_rdb.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mpc832x_rdb.c
index eff5baabc3fbf1600dec624782778fa68fbef448..0c7a43e1c3902782407bd37dffa2e5868a36c96e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mpc832x_rdb.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mpc832x_rdb.c
@@ -203,8 +203,6 @@ static void __init mpc832x_rdb_setup_arch(void)
 	mpc83xx_setup_pci();
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUICC_ENGINE
-	qe_reset();
-
 	if ((np = of_find_node_by_name(NULL, "par_io")) != NULL) {
 		par_io_init(np);
 		of_node_put(np);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mpc836x_mds.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mpc836x_mds.c
index 1a26d2f83401964b49006abb1d7d3836e351d124..eb24abdf1ae7556364097c1e02dcf404d060790d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mpc836x_mds.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mpc836x_mds.c
@@ -82,8 +82,6 @@ static void __init mpc836x_mds_setup_arch(void)
 	mpc83xx_setup_pci();
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUICC_ENGINE
-	qe_reset();
-
 	if ((np = of_find_node_by_name(NULL, "par_io")) != NULL) {
 		par_io_init(np);
 		of_node_put(np);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mpc836x_rdk.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mpc836x_rdk.c
index b63b42d11d6c92e4d0e476100df85ead02d49ccf..823e370ed212aeed5ee5a396eef2aefc7ebf647c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mpc836x_rdk.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mpc836x_rdk.c
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ static void __init mpc836x_rdk_setup_arch(void)
 		ppc_md.progress("mpc836x_rdk_setup_arch()", 0);
 
 	mpc83xx_setup_pci();
-#ifdef CONFIG_QUICC_ENGINE
-	qe_reset();
-#endif
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/common.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/common.c
index 23791de7b688f91aa4b87770a1c5ae40931137a4..18bca203e01af993d111095637be37e64809257f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/85xx/common.c
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ void __init mpc85xx_qe_init(void)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	qe_reset();
 	of_node_put(np);
 
 }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/qe_lib/qe.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/qe_lib/qe.c
index c2518cdb7ddb6e94822138e7c702d9242b444f86..88ae5c7ff4bb9cc8aad8f75ce931a74ceaa85920 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/qe_lib/qe.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/qe_lib/qe.c
@@ -671,6 +671,19 @@ unsigned int qe_get_num_of_snums(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(qe_get_num_of_snums);
 
+static int __init qe_init(void)
+{
+	struct device_node *np;
+
+	np = of_find_compatible_node(NULL, NULL, "fsl,qe");
+	if (!np)
+		return -ENODEV;
+	qe_reset();
+	of_node_put(np);
+	return 0;
+}
+subsys_initcall(qe_init);
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_SUSPEND) && defined(CONFIG_PPC_85xx)
 static int qe_resume(struct platform_device *ofdev)
 {